Edinburg Township, Ohio

Edinburg Township
Civil township
Location within Portage County
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Coordinates: 41°6′22″N81°8′58″W / 41.10611°N 81.14944°W / 41.10611; -81.14944
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Portage
Area
• Total	24.5 sq mi (63.4 km2)
• Land	24.2 sq mi (62.6 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,181 ft (360 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	2,351
• Density	97.1/sq mi (37.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44272 and 44266
Area code	330
FIPS code	39-24584 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1086826 [1]

Interstate 76 travels through the woods and hills of Edinburg Township

Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,351 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Charlestown Township - north
• Paris Township - northeast corner
• Palmyra Township - east
• Deerfield Township - southeast corner
• Atwater Township - south
• Randolph Township - southwest corner
• Rootstown Township - west
• Ravenna Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Edinburg Township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Edinburg Township covers an area of 24 sq mi (62 km²).

Name and history

The first settlement at Edinburg was made in 1815 and the township was organized in 1819. It is named for Lewis Eddy, a pioneer settler, and was originally called "Eddysburg". ^{[4] [5]} It is the only Edinburg Township statewide. ^[6] A post office was established at Edinburg in 1822, and remained in operation until 1903. ^{[7] [8]}

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, ^[9] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Edinburg township, Portage County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  114.
5. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 42.
6. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
7. "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
8. Brown, Robert C.; Norris, J. E. (1885). History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. pp.  425–426.
9. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website